Up Up and Away!

Hello Everyone!

I just wanted to quickly share a little video of our Mini Hot Air Balloon launch.  It is only a couple seconds long, but you have to watch and listen to the kids!  

We were busy all week learning about wind, how wind is made, and it's association to how hot air balloons work.  The explanation, directions, and examples are in my unit from last week, Wind, Clouds, and Air.  On Friday we got all our little firsties (about 100!) together in the science lab and were able to help them understand the concept first hand.  In the video you will see a toaster (heat source), cardboard around the toaster, and a thin plastic bag (balloon) over the cardboard.  Turn on the toaster and ...voila!!  Luckily, my sweet teamie grabbed her ipad and took the video!! Thanks, H!!

I love the excitement!!
Well, that's it for tonight!! Thanks for stopping by!! Hope you enjoyed the view!!
Monday, here we come!!
Joyfully!
Nancy

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No! It's Air!

Hello Everyone!!
This coming week we will learn a little more about the weather around us, specifically air and wind.  We will learn what makes wind.  How can we tell it's windy when we can't see the wind? What makes air move? We will predict the weather and report like the weatherman!  I put together a mini unit to supplement what we have included in our curriculum. Here are a few pics showing what is included in the unit.

The unit includes poetry, science activities, language/vocabulary activities, public speaking,  and so much more!

For your free 24 page unit....

float on over to HERE!! :)

Hope this helps you! Let me know your thoughts!!

Joyfully!

Nancy